David Black

“Guardian executives told staff today to prepare for a ‘24/7 news operation’, but warned that there may be some job losses as the company readies itself for next year’s move to new offices.”

“Can Netscape’s user base handle yet another web 2.0 overhaul?! Brace yourselves everyone…”

“I am one of those people who believe that quality content will still need business models supporting it, and that new media’s heavy reliance on free user-generated content has its limitations, and may not be sustainable. “

“The bigger challenge is selling the idea that what matters more than circulation data is a newspaper’s full readership in a community, which includes readership of its print editions but also its online readers.”

“I led a seminar last week on growing online readership for newspaper Web sites.”

“The visited-in-last-30 day metric makes no sense to me. It never has. It tells you nothing about an engaged, loyal audience.”

Two case studies of who newspaper sites compete with during major news events, from Hitwise.

“all the drink does is counteract the mild caffeine withdrawal symptoms people are experiencing because they have gone without the stimulant overnight.” Also love the quote from the coffee association calling 4-5 cups a day ‘moderate’.